5If I have walkedהָלַ֥כְתִּיha.Lakh.tiH1980with vanityשָׁ֑וְאShav'H7723,or if my footרַגְלִֽי׃rag.LiH7272hath hastedוַתַּ֖חַשׁva.Ta.chashH2363to deceitמִרְמָ֣הmir.MahH4820;
6Let me be weighedיִשְׁקְלֵ֥נִיyish.ke.Le.niH8254in an evenצֶ֑דֶקTze.dekH6664balanceבְמֹאזְנֵי־ve.mo.ze.nei-H3976,that Godאֱ֝ל֗וֹהַּ'e.Lo.ahH433may knowוְיֵדַ֥עve.ye.Da'H3045mine integrityתֻּמָּתִֽי׃tu.ma.TiH8538.
7If my stepאַשֻּׁרִי֮'a.shu.RiH838hath turned outתִּטֶּ֣הti.TehH5186of the wayהַ֫דָּ֥רֶךְha.Da.rekhH1870,and mine heartלִבִּ֑יli.BiH3820walkedהָלַ֣ךְha.LakhH1980afterוְאַחַ֣רve.'a.CharH310mine eyesעֵ֭ינַי'Ei.naiH5869,and if any blotמֻאֽוּם׃ פmu.'UmH3971hath cleavedדָּ֣בַקDa.vakH1692to mine handsוּ֝בְכַפַּ֗יu.ve.kha.PaiH3709;
8Thenlet me sowאֶ֭זְרְעָה'Ez.re.'ahH2232,and let anotherוְאַחֵ֣רve.'a.CherH312eatיֹאכֵ֑לyo.KhelH398;yea, let my offspringוְֽצֶאֱצָאַ֥יve.tze.'e.tza.'AiH6631be rooted outיְשֹׁרָֽשׁוּ׃ye.sho.Ra.shuH8327.
9If mine heartלִ֭בִּיLi.biH3820have been deceivedנִפְתָּ֣הnif.TahH6601by a womanאִשָּׁ֑ה'i.ShahH802, or ifI have laid waitאָרָֽבְתִּי׃'a.Ra.ve.tiH693at my neighbour’sרֵעִ֣יre.'IH7453doorפֶּ֖תַחPe.tachH6607;
10Thenlet my wifeאִשְׁתִּ֑י'ish.TiH802grindתִּטְחַ֣ןtit.ChanH2912unto anotherלְאַחֵ֣רle.'a.CherH312,and let othersאֲחֵרִֽין׃'a.che.RinH312bow downיִכְרְע֥וּןyikh.re.'UnH3766upon her.
11For this isan heinous crimeזִמָּ֑הzi.MahH2154; yea, it isan iniquityעָוֹ֥ן'a.VonH5771to be punished bythe judgesפְּלִילִֽים׃pe.li.LimH6414.
12For it isa fireאֵ֣שׁ'eshH784thatconsumethתֹּאכֵ֑לto.KhelH398to destructionאֲבַדּ֣וֹן'a.va.DonH11,and would root outתְשָׁרֵֽשׁ׃te.sha.ReshH8327all mine increaseתְּב֖וּאָתִ֣יte.Vu.'a.TiH8393.
13If I did despiseאֶמְאַ֗ס'em.'AsH3988the causeמִשְׁפַּ֣טmish.PatH4941of my manservantעַ֭בְדִּי'Av.diH5650or of my maidservantוַאֲמָתִ֑יva.'a.ma.TiH519,when they contendedבְּ֝רִבָ֗םbe.ri.VamH7379with me;
14What then shall I doאֶֽ֭עֱשֶׂה'E.'e.sehH6213when Godאֵ֑ל'ElH410riseth upיָק֣וּםya.KumH6965?and when he visitethיִ֝פְקֹ֗דyif.KodH6485,what shall I answerאֲשִׁיבֶֽנּוּ׃'a.shi.Ve.nuH7725him?
15Did not he that madeעֹשֵׂ֣נִי'o.Se.niH6213me in the wombבַ֭בֶּטֶןVa.be.tenH990makeעָשָׂ֑הוּ'a.Sa.huH6213him? and did not oneאֶחָֽד׃'e.ChadH259fashionוַ֝יְכֻנֶ֗נּוּvay.khu.Ne.nuH3559us in the wombבָּרֶ֥חֶםba.Re.chemH7358?
16If I have withheldאֶ֭מְנַע'Em.na'H4513the poorדַּלִּ֑יםda.LimH1800from theirdesireמֵחֵ֣פֶץme.Che.fetzH2656,or have caused the eyesוְעֵינֵ֖יve.'ei.NeiH5869of the widowאַלְמָנָ֣ה'al.ma.NahH490to failאֲכַלֶּֽה׃'a.kha.LehH3615;
17Or have eatenוְאֹכַ֣לve.'o.KhalH398my morselפִּתִּ֣יpi.TiH6595myself alone, and the fatherlessיָת֣וֹםya.TomH3490hath not eatenאָכַ֖ל'a.KhalH398thereof;
18(For from my youthמִ֭נְּעוּרַיMi.ne.'u.raiH5271he was brought upגְּדֵלַ֣נִיge.de.La.niH1431with me, as witha fatherכְאָ֑בkhe.'AvH1,and I have guidedאַנְחֶֽנָּה׃'an.Che.nahH5148her from my mother’sאִמִּ֣י'i.MiH517wombוּמִבֶּ֖טֶןu.mi.Be.tenH990;)
19If I have seenאֶרְאֶ֣ה'er.'EhH7200any perishא֭וֹבֵד'O.vedH6for want of clothingלְב֑וּשׁle.VushH3830,or any poorלָאֶבְיֽוֹן׃la.'ev.YonH34without coveringכְּ֝ס֗וּתke.SutH3682;
20If his loinsחֲלָצָ֑יוcha.la.tzovH2504have not blessedבֵרֲכ֣וּנִיve.ra.Khu.niH1288me, and if he were notwarmedיִתְחַמָּֽם׃yit.cha.MamH2552with the fleeceוּמִגֵּ֥זu.mi.GezH1488of my sheepכְּ֝בָשַׂיKe.va.saiH3532;
21If I have lifted upהֲנִיפ֣וֹתִיha.ni.Fo.tiH5130my handיָדִ֑יya.DiH3027against the fatherlessיָת֣וֹםya.TomH3490,when I sawאֶרְאֶ֥ה'er.'EhH7200my helpעֶזְרָתִֽי׃'ez.ra.TiH5833in the gateבַ֝שַּׁ֗עַרva.Sha.'arH8179:
22Thenlet mine armכְּ֭תֵפִיKe.te.fiH3802fallתִפּ֑וֹלti.PolH5307from my shoulder bladeמִשִּׁכְמָ֣הmi.shikh.MahH7929,and mine armוְ֝אֶזְרֹעִ֗יve.'ez.ro.'IH248be brokenתִשָּׁבֵֽר׃ti.sha.VerH7665from the boneמִקָּנָ֥הmi.ka.NahH7070.
23For destructionאֵ֣יד'eidH343fromGodאֵ֑ל'ElH410wasa terrorפַ֣חַדFa.chadH6343to me, and by reason of his highnessוּ֝מִשְּׂאֵת֗וֹu.mi.se.'e.ToH7613I couldאוּכָֽל׃'u.KhalH3201not endure.
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